Vermillion Basin, a little-known treasure that Colorado citizens and our supporters have campaigned to protect in Colorado’s western canyon country is now officially protected from what once seemed imminent oil and gas drilling.

As another National Wildlife Refuge week winds to a close, it is time to recognize some of the favorite Refuges around the country.  Some are famous, and some are hidden gems, but all are wonderful testaments to America’s conservation heritage.

Decades of unrelenting calls from the oil industry to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may finally be stymied—if we act now.The U.S.

This piece appears as part our celebration of National Wildlife Refuge Week